I had jury duty today for the first time in nine years. I didn’t even get put on a panel to be questioned for a jury this time. Just drove the 40 minutes to the courthouse, sat packed in a room like sardines with a few hundred strangers for two hours, then was dismissed and drove the 40 minutes back home. So exciting! ;) Apparently, just showing up counts as serving, so I won’t be called again for at least another three years.
My niece, Nicole (right), had a cheer competition in Dallas this weekend, so she and her sister, Rachel, and their mom (Mark’s sister, Jill) stayed with us. It was a busy weekend for them, but we managed to grab a shot of the kids together before they headed off for the final round. Nicole’s team got first in their division!
A photo that magically appeared on my camera while I was taking a nap. :) Kaylee helping Matthew sort pieces to put together another one of his Mega Blok Halo figures.
The kids normally aren’t allowed video game time on school nights, so after school on Fridays, it’s usually the first thing they want to do. Here Matthew’s helping Kaylee with some Wizard101 strategy.
A late evening of Matthew working more on his English assignment, while Kaylee checks out her latest American Girl magazine.
Matthew had an English assignment to create booklets about the four main characters in the novel “The View From Saturday”. He decided to use the X-Box character creator to do the illustrations. Meet Noah, Julian, Nadia, and Ethan. :)
A rare calm morning – both kids were actually ready for school early. It’s not that unusual for Matthew, but Kaylee is normally scrambling the last few minutes to finish up. Matthew decided to use the time to practice his card shuffling, while Kaylee read the comics from Sunday’s paper.
